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Women in Aviation History |
Since the Wright Brothers took flight in 1903, women have made a significant contribution to aviation. The following is just a small sampling of the contributions women have made to the field of aviation.
Juanita Bailey - The Flying Beautician
Elly Beinhorn and the origin of the Amelia Earhart postage stamp
Achsa Donnels - Honored by 99s on her 99th Birthday
Amelia Earhart - a timeline
We Take to the Air - excerpt from For the Fun of It by Amelia Earhart
The Story of the 49 ½ ers - by George Putnam - Excerpted from: Forgotten Husband, Pictorial Review, December 1932
Lois Feigenbaum by Sue Feigenbaum-Ackley
Phyllis Fleet - Charter member
"Mercury 13" Story by Wally Funk
Candis (Hitzig Gullino) Hall - Charter Member
Amy Johnson - Pioneer Airwoman
Dorothea "Didi" Moorman - WASP - B-29 Pilot
Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey
Gladys O'Donnell - Charter Member
Mabel Virginia Rawlinson - Pilot, Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Louise Sacchi - Aviation Highlights
Beverely "Bev" Sharp - Ninety-Nines International President 1998-2000
Sharpie: The Life Story of Evelyn Sharp - Nebraska's Aviatrix
Dora Strother - WASP - B-29 Pilot
Mary Chance Van Scyoc - Early ATC Pioneer
Bobbi Trout - Record Maker
Margaret Thomas "Tommy" Warren - The Early Years...
Margaret Thomas "Tommy" Warren and Josephine "Jody" Wood - The End of an Era
Nancy Bird Walton - Australia's Pioneering Aviatrix
Fay Gillis Wells - Charter Member
Ann Wood-Kelly - Aviation Pioneer
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